Colossians 4:1
You masters, supply your servants with what is just and equitable, knowing that you, too, have a Master in heaven.
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2Pursue prayer. Be watchful in prayer with acts of thanksgiving.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:39If your brother, having been compelled by poverty, will have sold himself to you, you shall not oppress him with the servitude of indentured servants.
Deuteronomy 15:13And when you grant his freedom, you shall by no means permit him to go away empty.
Nehemiah 5:5“And now, as is the flesh of our brothers, so is our flesh; and as are their sons, so also are our sons. Behold, we have subjugated our sons and our daughters into servitude, and some of our daughters are slaves, nor do we have the ability to redeem them, for others possess our fields and our vineyards.”
Job 31:13If I have despised being subject to judgment with my servant or my maid, when they had any complaint against me,
Isaiah 58:3“Why have we fasted, and you have not taken notice? Why have we humbled our souls, and you have not acknowledged it?” Behold, in the day of your fasting, your own will is found, and you petition for payment from all your debtors.
Jeremiah 34:9that each one should release his man servant, and each one his woman servant, as a free Hebrew man and a free Hebrew woman, and that they should never be rulers over them, that is, over the Jews, their own brothers.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 4:1
I. He continues his account of the duty of masters, from the close of the former chapter, ver. 1 . II. He exhorts to the duty of prayer ( ver. 2-4 ), and to a prudent and decent conduct towards those with whom we converse, ver. 5, 6 . III. He closes the epistle with the mention of several of his friends, of whom he gives an honourable testimony, ver. 7-18 . Read the whole commentary →